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He then studied Engineering at King"s College London, graduating in 1960 with first-class honours in Civil Engineering and winning the University Boxing Championship.
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Ronald Norman
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Sir Ron received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1986 for services to urban regeneration in Newcastle and was honoured with a knighthood in 1995 for services to Teesside. Sir Ron"s early work as an engineer included the construction of the famous hyperbolic paraboloid roof on the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington. From civil engineering he moved into management consultancy, general construction, property development and urban renewal.
Eventually, he launched his own development company committed to setting higher standards of development, in particular by respecting local architectural traditions.
He has held director appointments at 31 companies, including:
President of the Tees Valley Community Foundation (previously known as Cleveland Community Foundation)
Chairman of the Teesside Development Corporation.
